The Century asked college and seminary professors to write about one of their favorite books to teach. Their replies are linked below.
Scott Samuelson: Discourses and Selected Writings, by Epictetus
Laurie Maffly-Kipp: The Damnation of Theron Ware, by Harold Frederic
Brian Bantum: The Souls of Black Folk, by W. E. B. Du Bois
Alan Jacobs: Ulysses, by James Joyce
Damayanthi M. A. Niles: The Lotus and the Sun, by D. Preman Niles
Richard Rosengarten: Hayy ibn Yaqzan, by Ibn Tufayl
Frederick Niedner: Silence, by Shusaku Endo
Jonathan Tran: The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, by Anne Fadiman
Kendra Weddle Irons: Welcome to the Wisdom of the World and Its Meaning for You, by Joan Chittister
Steve Young: The Dark Interval, by John Dominic Crossan
